A HUD report finds DCHA “woefully out of compliance” with disability housing laws, leaving tenants in unsafe, inaccessible conditions.

The D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) began admitting tenants into The Aston, the city’s first non-congregate shelter for medically vulnerable people and adult families.

The D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA), has a plan to fix its struggling public housing programs, but advocates and residents are skeptical.

Despite assurances from the former DC Housing Authority director she’d turn things around, residents and activists say issues persist.

D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced a bill to allow people who use marijuana to live in federally subsidized low-income housing.

District officials consider the social housing model as a new solution to the city’s housing affordability crisis.

D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) Director Brenda Donald will step down this summer mid-way through the troubled agency’s overhaul.

Street Sense Media and The DC Line caught up with the new chair of the D.C. Council’s Housing Committee, at-large member Robert White.

The D.C. Housing Authority board approved a draft version of the agency’s new procurement and contracting policy, after the agency came under fire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

As the D.C. Housing Authority’s new board takes over, advocates continue calls for substantial reform and resident representation.

D.C. councilmembers are set to reintroduce a bill that would make the District a leader in social housing.

Two months after a HUD report severely criticized the D.C. Housing Authority, local leaders spoke about the future of the agency.

Over 200 tenants — who’ve been waiting years to receive reasonable disability accommodations — are at the forefront of the lawsuit against the D.C. Housing Authority.

The D.C. Housing Authority seeks to increase public housing opportunities by updating its current waitlist.

D.C. Council committees proposed small increases to housing programs and social services during the markup process, but did not meet housing advocates’ demands.

Public housing residents elected Kenneth Council and Denise Blackson to the DCHA oversight board.

Housing advocates are asking the council for increased investment for tenant-based vouchers and housing repairs and to increase accountability for next year’s budget.

At a lecture hosted by American University on March 30th, Dr. Michael R. Fisher spoke about how the city has failed to deliver on its promises throughout the Barry Farm redevelopment project and the harmful effects of the mass residential displacement the project has incurred.

The D.C. Housing Authority is redeveloping Greenleaf Public Housing in Southwest D.C. and has promised residents their right to remain in the neighborhood. Residents impacted by redevelopment call for greater accountability from the agency to make sure their promise is upheld.

Cortney R. Singor shares her experience with homelessness and how she got started with Street Sense.